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Colleen007 · 03-23-2007, 01:46 PM

Being a Stage 4 person, it saddens me that another woman has joined our club. But I agree with all of the sentiments above - we don't have to look any further than this site for inspiring stories from other people who are LIVING with Stage 4 every day (and who plan to keep on living!!). When ever people ask how I do it with 2 small chlidren at home, I just tell them that you do what you have to do to live to tell about it!

03-23-2007, 01:46 PM	#8
Colleen007 Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Franklin, MA Posts: 131	Being a Stage 4 person, it saddens me that another woman has joined our club. But I agree with all of the sentiments above - we don't have to look any further than this site for inspiring stories from other people who are LIVING with Stage 4 every day (and who plan to keep on living!!). When ever people ask how I do it with 2 small chlidren at home, I just tell them that you do what you have to do to live to tell about it! __________________ Diagnosed 10-03-2005 (34 wks pregnant, 38 yrs old) Lumpectomy Nov-2005. 10/18 Lymph Nodes impacted Mets to liver, spine & femurs (thus being stage IV right from the get-go) ER-, PR-, HER2+ Taxol/Herceptin/Zometa started Dec-2005. 11 cycles of Taxol. Sept-2006: PET/CT scan of mets to liver, spine and femurs - Stable. Activity in R breast & mediastinum (not seen in prior scans). Navelbine (3 wks on/1 wk off) as of Oct--2006 & continued Herceptin (every 3 wks) & Zometa (every 6 wks) Jan-2007: PET/CT Scan - Stable. Continued Nav. through March-2007, then Herc./Zom. only after that. June-2007: PET/CT Scan - activity in mediastinum. Back on Navelbine as of July-2007. Scanned Quarterly since Oct-2007 - a few small scares, but otherwise stable due to continuing weekly Navelbine, Herceptin and Quarterly Zometa.